A 15-year-old boy who carried a fellow student to the nurse's office — seeking help for her while she was in the midst of an asthma attack — has been given a two-day suspension for leaving class without permission.


"I was like what? I'm suspended for this? Like, I was trying to help her," Anthony Ruelas, an eighth-grade student at the Gateway Middle School in Killeen, Tex., told KCEN-TV. Anthony's mother, Mandy Cortes (pictured above with him), added, "He may not follow instructions all the time, but he does have a great heart."

Anthony reportedly made the decision to leave his classroom on Tuesday while his friend was having an asthma attack, gagging and wheezing while nobody helped. According to a form about the incident filled out by the teacher, as shared on the local TV station, "During 5th period another student complained that she couldn't breathe and was having an asthma attack. As I waited for a response from the nurse the student fell out of her chair to the floor. Anthony proceeded to go over and pick her up, saying 'f*** that, we ain’t got time to wait for no email from the nurse.' He walks out of class and carries the other student to the nurse."


"I broke rules," Anthony said. "But she needed help. Like, she needed help."
His mom added, "I don't … think he should have used that language. But as far as getting suspended for walking out of class, he could have saved her life." The asthmatic student texted Anthony to thank him on Wednesday, and letting him know she was OK.

While the Killeen Independent School District would not comment specifically on the incident in an effort to protect "students' rights to confidentiality," superintendent John Craft said, in a statement to Yahoo Parenting, "The Killeen ISD maintains the safety of our students, staff and campuses as a priority and applauds the efforts of students who act in good faith to assist others in times of need."

Cortes has seen no evidence of such praise — only punishment — but, she said, "He is a hero to me."

http://www.yahoo.com/parenting/student-suspended-after-saving-classmates-life-182113379.html

some folks are far too **** about 'rules'

there are one offs and this certainly seems like it should have been considered one

Schools are getting Dumber and Dumberer!

total control, always starts with the kids, easier to make conform..

I understand that schools have needed rules about sharing medicines with other children but I have an BIG issue with this case.

My cousin has been to the ER for severe asthma attacks. People can die from it. Asthma attacks are nothing to mess around with.

My kid has exercised induced asthma. After running the 300 meter hurdles, my kid needs to use an inhaler. I would have no problem with my kid using someone else's inhaler if my kid forgot to bring one.

This boy may have saved the girl's life. I know her parents are grateful for what he did.

seems like everyone but the school district is...

Good.
If you're going to have rules, follow them.


Good thing that teen was in teen medical school to be able to appropriately diagnose her and figure out what she needed, that it was safe to move her and all that.

Good thing they were attending magic safe high school where running through the halls means no falling down, no slipping on wet floors, no getting lost, with a school nurse always in the nurses station at all times.


And it's great to teach kids that it's okay to not follow instructions.
It's great that kids use their own medical judgment.
It's great that kids learn ends justify means.
Heroes in hindsight is always great.

Good for him.
And good for all the people that are going to read this story and see how the media manipulates a dumbass into a hero and not just get sucked into emotional outrage disguised as rational moral outrage.
You go you geniuses, you're not going to be manipulated like muppets.

He got 2 days off from school....win win.

The Kid complained that she was having an Asthma-Attack,so I doubt there was much "Diagnosing" involved!
So,possibly saving someone's Life is Dumbass in your Book?
How quaint!

maybe when you're lying on the ground, unable to breath, someone might just break the rules and help you... maybe

Never let a good deed go unpunished.

This kind of thing has happened for all the time I've been on this planet.

It's too bad, but it's a fact that it's actually RARE to find any situation where everyone in authority has what I like to think of as WISDOM.

A WISE leader, recognizes that while rules are important, that they are TOOLS, not magic spells. Knowing WHY a given rule is in place, lets the wise person decide when and when not to enforce it, and how.

That didn't happen in this situation, at least as far as the story's been presented here. But again, I even remember directly witnessing this same kind of thing going on when I was a kid in school in the early 60's. So my only caveat, is don't pretend that this proves that everything's going to hell in a handbasket. Fact is, we've never been out of that particular handbasket.